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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jun 2011
Mitral valve prosthesis implanted in atrial wall over huge calcified annulus.
- Javier Gualis, Mario Castaño, Jesús Gómez-Plana, Carlos Martin, Antonio de Miguel, and Alejandro de Diego.
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital de León, León, Spain. javgua@hotmail.com
- Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2011 Jun 1; 19 (3-4): 279-80.
AbstractWe describe an alternative technique for mitral valve replacement in patients with severe mitral annular calcification, in whom conventional techniques are not feasible. A new annulus that allows supra-annular prosthetic implantation is created.
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